Confirmation of Toasty TESS Planet Leads to Surprising Find of Promising World
A piping hot planet discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has pointed the way to additional worlds orbiting the same star, one of which is located in the star’s habitable zone.…
NASA Announces US Industry Partnerships to Advance Moon, Mars Technology
Illustration of a human landing system and crew on the lunar surface with Earth near the horizon. Credits: NASA As NASA prepares to land humans on the Moon by…
NASA Effort Digitizes Moon Rock, Making 3D Sample Available Beyond Researchers
When Neil Armstrong became the first human to stand on the Moon, he had a three-dimensional view that allowed him to select samples to bring home to Earth. Now, scientists…
NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is commemorating its 20th anniversary with an assembly of new images. These images represent the breadth of Chandra’s exploration, demonstrating the variety of objects it studies…
NASA TV to Air Launch, Docking of Russian Space Station Cargo Ship
Earth’s atmospheric glow is back-dropped by a starry Milky Way as the International Space Station orbits 258 miles above Myanmar during a nighttime pass on July 11, 2019. The ISS…